Panels & Furniture Asia May/June 2020

More documents

Recommendations

Info

20 | ENVIRONMENT REPORT May / June 2020, Issue 3 | Panels & Furniture Asia TURNING THE TABLES: CHOOSING RESPONSIBLY SOURCED TIMBER TO MAKE YOUR FURNITURE Wood is making a comeback as the raw material of choice for architects and designers. Inside and out, buildings around the world are featuring the natural characteristics and embedded strength of timber. There has been more pressure on governments and the related industries to be responsible in the sourcing of wood and ensuring that production and supply chains are secure and sustainable. With 17 million hectares of forests certified, Asia is the fastest growing region in the world for PEFC. However, there’s a lot of room to grow responsible sourcing in countries like Singapore, Mr Gunneberg pointed out. As a big consumer of imported materials for buildings and furniture, Singapore is in an ideal position to become a centre of influence, committed to responsible procurement from the region’s forests and plantations. By incorporating it into private and public sector procurement policies, countries and companies can help to gather the pace required to move towards the United Nations’ 17 Sustainability Development Goals. This was the message from Ben Gunneberg, PEFC International CEO, who visited Singapore in September last year for the launch of new accreditation programme for PEFC’s Chain of Custody certification scheme, now recognised by the Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC) and managed by Enterprise Singapore. IMPACT OF RECOGNISING PEFC’S COC CERTIFICATION IN SINGAPORE This scheme will provide greater support to the industry to meet the Green Mark requirement for Mass Engineered Timber (MET) and for the timber to be sourced from sustainably managed forests, said Ms Lee Ham Eng, Deputy Director of Enterprise Singapore. It also facilitates recognition and acceptance of certified wood products from Singapore’s key trading partners, notably Indonesia, Malaysia and China, all of which have PEFC endorsed forest certification systems. PEFC also asserts that Chain of Custody certification programmes enables companies to meet legality issues and customer expectations, as well as introduce traceability solutions into the supply chain. SEA: MOST OPPORTUNITY IN CERTIFICATION OF WOOD FOR BUILDING AND FURNITURE It’s in the certification of wood for buildings and furniture where PEFC is seeing the most opportunity in Singapore and Southeast Asia. Mr Gunneberg points out that Singapore has already made its mark in the region by providing the expertise of one of its smart companies, Double Helix Tracking Technologies, to work with PEFC in Myanmar to help set up forest certification processes to meet stringent regulations for the export of Teak to the European Union and United States. The Local Tree Project by Roger & Sons is described as an “ethical furniture initiative”, as it salvages abandoned logs by making fine furniture and wooden objects out of them.
Trust America’s Hardwoods Company. KEEP PIONEERING northwesthardwoods.com Trust the on-grade quality of Northwest Hardwoods, America’s largest and only coast-to-coast hardwood lumber producer. Our inspection and grading ensures that our lumber quality and appearance are both exceptional and consistent. That’s why our customers rank us above other brands – we always live up to our responsibility.
Page 1: MICA (P) No: 079/05/2019 • ISSN:
Page 8: FROM THE EDITOR PANELS & FURNITURE
Page 11 and 12: May / June 2020, Issue 3 | Panels &
Page 21: May / June 2020, Issue 3 | Panels &
Page 53 and 54: BIFA WOOD VIETNAM 2020 www.bifawood
Page 67 and 68: NEWSLETTER MAY/JUNE 2020 The global
Page 69: ADVERTISERS’ INDEX May / June 202

Panels & Furniture Asia May/June 2020

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?